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Justin Rhee

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023RHEE02

Justin Rhee has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at UCSD TritoNxN 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 941st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since April 2023, he has put 975 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.44 in April 2023 to 7.18, a 71% improvement. Justin has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.18
signature single · UCSD TritoNxN 2026
975
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.188.96
top 1.5%941 / 59,724
Megaminx44.2249.12
top 2.9%198 / 7,841
2×21.752.98
top 3.3%1,289 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed12.6615.62
top 3.9%572 / 15,683
Pyraminx3.186.47
top 4.3%1,127 / 28,708
Skewb3.106.21
top 5.5%849 / 18,907
4×436.9041.61
top 8.6%1,291 / 19,072
Clock6.399.24
top 8.7%672 / 8,927
5×51:13.371:25.33
top 14.1%1,076 / 9,401
6×62:10.642:17.12
top 15.6%559 / 4,196
7×73:36.114:07.69
top 22.0%626 / 3,184
Square-121.3225.11
top 30.9%2,004 / 6,743

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Mountains Open Up 2023: 24.44UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 19.99Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 17.67Agoura Cubing Again 2023: 19.57Santa Ana Summer A 2023: 18.31UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 15.36Agoura SpookCubing 2023: 14.11Beckman Gets Big 2023: 10.52UCSD Winter 2023: 10.64University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 10.72USC Cubing 2024: 10.59Fullerton Winter 2024: 10.26Baja Spring 2024: 10.40Los Angeles Newcomers 2024: 9.80Nub Open Yucaipa 2024: 10.07Westview Cubing Favorites 2024: 10.23Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 11.26Super Duper San Diego 2024: 9.63Nub Open Lake Forest 2024: 9.09Santa Barbara Winter 2025: 8.43Agoura Side Events Day 2025: 9.27Westview Cubing Favorites 2025: 10.05Dunas en Mexicali 2025: 8.23Agoura Winter 2026: 8.56UCLA Spring 2026: 7.44Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026: 8.08UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 7.18West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 9.53Temecula Valley Summer 2026: 7.59Temecula Valley Back To School 2026: 8.687.1824.4415 Apr 202322 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 4.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.